Awkward and Work: Today, I was selling personalised stockings at work. When handing...

By Anonymous - 24/10/2010 13:06 - United Kingdom

Today, I was selling personalised stockings at work. When handing a customer's order over to her, which had no name on, I joked, "Oooh this is a bit mysterious". She replied, "Actually, it's in memory of the baby I miscarried earlier this year." FML

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By derbyboy - 19/10/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML

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By jjjjjjmmmmm92 - 20/07/2010 23:08 - United States

Today, I was at work, when a co-worker began to shake a near empty box. Without thinking, I shouted "What if there was a baby in there? You just killed it!" I then remembered she recently suffered a miscarriage. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2011 23:38 - United States

Today, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/06/2009 12:27 - France

Today, I gave a beautiful book of baby names to a friend of mine who's been trying to get pregnant for a while. She just burst into tears when she saw it. Just before meeting me, she'd found out she was sterile. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/07/2015 14:38 - United Kingdom - Birmingham

Today, a week after my miscarriage, my little sister thought it appropriate to wrap her belt around her neck and scream, "Hey look, it's your baby!" FML

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By fistpumpin4life - 10/10/2010 00:51 - France

Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/05/2022 02:00

Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML

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By Anoymous - 09/06/2013 06:02 - United States - Burlingame

Today, after telling my mother-in-law about my recent miscarriage, she cheerfully made a cake to celebrate. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2011 00:17 - Ireland

Today, I heard that one of our customers had passed away. Saddened, I told everyone who came into our shop about his death. Understandably, some customers got very upset and one even fainted. Suddenly, the "dead" man walked into the shop. Turns out I got the name wrong. FML

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By Demotivation - 23/08/2013 14:12 - Germany

Today, I learned that when a heavily-pregnant friend asks about my progress with the baby socks I promised to knit, it's rather unwise to tell her, "Not to worry, we're set even if it comes out with a few feet too many." She's still crying. FML

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haha89 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:13

You didn't know. Although that would've hurt to talk about a lost baby.

DocBastard 38

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:19

That's a bit bizarre for a parent to do. Why leave the kid's name off if it's supposed to be in memory? What am I missing here?

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skyttlz 32

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:27

Ouch

iheartglasses 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:30

#9, Maybe they lost th baby before getting a chance to know the sex or pick a name... But OP I know there was no way not to feel like a douche but you didnt know so take that as a learning experience

je_suis_mied 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:30

What's a personalized stockinh stand?

l3allin_all_day 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:31

????

elmorous 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:31

that's not an fml. i doubt she went home all angry about it. feeling guilty means you are a good person. don't sweat it

jocelyng_fml 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:32

I'm sorry will somebody explain this to me, what's a stocking stand, and if it means what I think please explain the fml

elmorous 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:40

christmas stockings. some malls have stands where you can pick designer stockings and have them personalized with all kinds of fancy letters and trim. i, personally, have never seen one, but my vivid imagination has allowed me to

jocelyng_fml 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:58

ok thanks it's just a little early for Christmas so I had no idea what kind of stocking op meant

ohsuzykuew 0

Monday 25 October 2010 8:47

I believe the words Christmas stocking kiosk may have been a better explanation.

elmorous 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:34

there should be a skill testing question people are required to successfully answer prior to being allowed to comment ...

GoColts8718 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:35

True dat

Fortuitous 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:37

True. However, I'm sure the mother was still upset over the loss, so it still is an FML.

justanotherbird 19

Sunday 24 October 2010 20:43

No, that really isn't a normal situation. How often do people buy Christmas things for miscarriages? I'm not saying it's bad that the lady did, but it isn't exactly typical. There are various other reasons the stocking may not have had the name on it, I don't see a problem with what the OP said.

Selena_is_back 7

Sunday 24 October 2010 21:42

# justanotherbird, your comment is invalid. Not everyone has the same "culture" or ways of "memorial". The mother just wanted to do a little something for her dead baby. I don't see anything wrong with that. So even if it's common or not, she can do whatever she wants to do. This could have had been the baby's first Christmas, if he/she was still alive.

Bobissmall 13

Sunday 24 October 2010 21:46

That's not what 59 was saying, they were only saying that it wasn't OPs fault.

Selena_is_back 7

Sunday 24 October 2010 21:53

I never said that OP shoul have stayed quiet... I was just saying everyone has a different way of honoring someone or something. I apologize if I said something wrong.

MissD0llFace 5

Monday 25 October 2010 1:17

no wayyy!! then there wouldn't be any morons to laugh at

elmorous 0

Monday 25 October 2010 1:22

59 I was referring to the comments by other people in this thread, not the OP. FHL As a consumer, I enjoy a little humourous banter with salesclerks. It sounds like that's exactly what she was trying to initiate. She has nothing to be ashamed of; in fact, the guilt she feels for the situation reflects her good nature. It's unfortunate, but sometimes these situations happen.